The most common surnames in Russia and in the world

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Our planet is home to about 7 billion people.There are a lot of names that have been formed for centuries by our ancestors.Wondering whether you ever wondered what the most common surname?In this article we present a selection of the most popular names around the world and in Russia.

Common Russian names

Surely you would be interested to know what the most common Russian surname?Unambiguously answer this question, alas, can not.Let's just say - there are many.The list below was compiled based on the book "Russian surnames" BGUnbegaun published in 1972.Author of the book before drawing up the list address book reviewed St. Petersburg in 1910 and analyzed the views will all the names in it at the time.So, before you 100 most common Russian surnames.

1. Abramov 26. Denisov 51. Maksimov 76. Sergeev
2. Alexandrov 27. Dmitriev 52. Markov 77. Smirnov
3. Alekseev 28. Egorov 53. Matveev 78. Solovyev
4. Andreev 29. Efimov 54. Martynov 79. Sokolov
5. Antonov 30. Zhukov 55. Miller 80. Sorokin
6. Afanasiev 31. Zakharov 56. Mironov 81. Stepanov
7. Baranov 32. Zaitsev 57. Mikhailov 82. Savelyev
8. Belov 33. Ivanov 58. Morozov 83. Sidorov
9. Belyaev 34. Ignatiev 59. Nazarov 84.Sobolev
10. Bogdanov

35. Ilyin

60. Naumov 85. Timofeev
11. Borisov 36. Karpov 61. Nikitin 86. Titov
12. Bulls 37. Kirillov 62. Nikolaev 87. Tikhomirov
13. Vasiliev 38. Kozlov 63. Nikiforov 88. Trinity
14. Vinogradov 39. Komarov 64. Novikov 89. Trofimov
15. Vlasov 40. Konstantinov 65. Orlov 90. Ushakov
16. Volkov 41. Kuznetsov 66. Osipov 91. Fedorov
17. Vorobyov 42. Kuzmin 67. Pavlov 92. Fedotov
18. Voronin 43. Kiselev 68. Petrov 93.Filippov
19. Gavrilov 44. Kondratiev 69. Pokrovsky 94. Fomin
20. Gerasimov 45. Krylov 70. Polyakov 95. Frolov
21. Grigoriev 46. Kudryavtsev 71. Ponomarev 96. Chistyakov
22. Golubev 47. Lebedev 72. Popov 97. Schmidt
23. Gusev 48.Leontiev 73. Prokofiev 98. Schultz
24. Davydov 49. Lions 74. Romanov 99. Shcherbakov
25. Danilov 50. Makarov 75. Semenov 100. Yakovlev

Please note that the names are arranged in alphabetical order, not by relevance.If you are familiar with the list, you probably noticed it the names of German origin - Schultz, Shmidt, Miller.In their presence can be seen on the ethnic composition of the time.

World surname
Now let's look at the most common surname in the world.The first place is occupied by the surname Lee (its owners worldwide are about 100 million people, and the most famous of them - it's Bruce Lee).Second place - the surname Zhang, it also has about 100 million inhabitants.Third place - Van.It is used as a prefix to the Belgian and Dutch surnames (such as Jean Claude Van Damme).Fourth place in the list of "most common surname" surname Nguyen owned (about 36 million).Fifth place - Garcia (it are about 10 million people).It is common in most countries of South America, the Philippines and Spain.Sixth place - Gonzalez (10 million people).Homeland of this family - Spain.Seventh place at the names of Hernández (8 million people), which has a Spanish-Portuguese roots.Eighth place - Smith (4 million people).Ninth place is occupied by Russian name Smirnov.Closes the top ten ranking "The most common names" - the German name of Muller.